Kerbal Space Program

Hi LatiMacciato, AfroKerbal, can you please try editing this line in GameData/Squad/Parts/Resources/RadialDrill and GameData/Squad/Parts/Resources/MiniDrill

UseSpecialistBonus = true

To this

UseSpecialistBonus = false

And let me know if it works after that.

Thank you.

The drills are still stuck at about 818.76K of max 500K temp, even with the change.
EDIT: i have edited in the wrong section :P

There are 2 entries per modul (planet & asteroid). Since RadialDrill is working on planet, i didn't check MiniDrill on planet.

I checked MiniDrill & RadialDrill in modul for asteroid mining. After changing the value to UseSpecialistBonus = false after entry TemperatureModifier{...} only fixed it already. Changing the one after ImpactTransform only didn't do it. Changing both is working too.

Btw., interesting expression AfroKerbal ... is that a leak for a future release feature? ;)

it works for me having just 1x this variable set to false

Thought i worked this out and already told that, but english is not my mother tounge.

I ran into the same problem (also Linux 1.2.2.1622), but the solution of setting UseSpecialistBonus to false doesn't work for me: it does stop the drills from overheating, but then the ISRU in the same craft starts to overheat. I should have sufficient cooling for all three: 6x small TCS = 300kW, ISRU (1 channel active) + 2x MiniDrill = 300kW.

The solution I found that more-or-less works is to set radiatorCoolingFactor = 100 in the CoreHeatModule section of MiniDrill.cfg. This causes the drills' core temperature to rapidly fluctuate in the 470-500 degree range, but neither the drills nor the ISRU overheat.

The small ISRU is designed to overheat in generell, its max cooling is below needed cooling.

See there: #13270

If you use an ISRU 250, your radiators aren't attached on the ISRU unit but on a part attached to it, which means lower effeciency/heat-transfer (as far i understand).

This is the large ISRU, and according to KSPedia active radiators (TCS) cool all parts on the ship equally, at least as I read it.

It appears that ModuleResourceConverter is affected by the same bug. I had to make the same edits to ISRU.cfg to prevent it from overheating. What's odd is that UseSpecialistBonus was already set to false for LF+OX and Monoprop converters. That probably explains why achurch and I saw the issue while others did not.

Thanks AlffromKerbal, but still no effect. Drill temp rises swiftly to 780.40K and 5% thermal efficiency. The 4 small thermal control systems only get to around 16% cooling, and the 4 small radiators (one part away) get to around 15% cooling.

Hope there is a fix for this as the asteroid is on an escape trajectory and I won't be able to slow it down otherwise.

Have that problem in my current career game too. Drill temperatures rise until they overheat... But for some reason the radiators work fine for everything else. The ISRU and engines are cooled as expected

I have it in career mode, too (Windows x64 1.2.2.1622 build (GOG)). Even on Minmus the cooling on drills and ISRUs doesn't work and temperature eventually sticks at 708K. On Kerbin it works perfectly well, but nowhere else. It occured first on a modded game, but after clean install and unmodded it was still present. Changing the the UseSpecialistBonus line(s) to false didn't work either.

I had the same problem in my game- win10, x64, steam, w/mods- but just gfx and QOL, no parts or game tweaks. Changing the last "UseSpecialistBonus = true" to "false" in the RadialDrill.cfg solved the problem for my unmanned asteroid grabber. Hope this little fix makes it in to the next update.

Well, the fix (along with many other fixes) is in the current prerelease, so upgrade already. :)

Fonz wrote:

1.2.2.1622

The prerelease is version 1.2.9. Installing it requires changing the game's properties in Steam.

This needs to be updated as it was fixed in 1.3.